FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOWGAO.COM 'INTERNATIONAL WEB SERVICES CONFERENCE & EXPO' CONTINUES TO GAIN MOMENTUM FOR MAY 27&28, 2003!

Premier Canadian 'Web Services' event to take place in late spring 2003, Toronto ON Canada. This release confirms the development of conference content and participation by leaders in Information Technology.

Toronto, ON -- January 9, 2003. WowGao.com announced today that it has gained encouraging partnership and speaker support for the International Web Services Conference & Expo. This 'Canadian First will be a cornerstone event that will effectively reach out to Web Services software developers, IT analysts, market research analysts, IT managers, CITs, and venture capitalists.

Response from potential speakers and partners has been nearly overwhelming with abstracts and proposals submitted virtually everyday. At this point, more than 60 speakers have been confirmed, and over 100 partners have provided incredible logistical and marketing support. This event will be a high quality function brimming with essential concepts and practical material, and just may claim the title of being the largest web services conference in the world.

The following is only a small fraction of our growing participant list: IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Computer Associates (CA), Nortel Networks, Lois Paul & Partners, CCNA certification, Bowlight, Devspace, Fleishman-Hillard Company, UBS PaineWebber, Infravio, Actional, CRN, Cape Clear Software Inc, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Accelera Software, IT World Canada Inc, Divine, Inc., Griffin Consulting, Foundational Net Inc, Ipedo, Texas A&M University Inc., ThreeSixtyDegreez Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd., and Sockeye Solutions Corporation.

In anticipation of a spectacular turnout, WowGao.com will be confirming a deadline at a later date, for the 'Call For Papers. Tentatively, it stands at January 31, 2003.

Contact
Email: davidt@gaoresearch.com or phone David @ WowGao: 416-292-0038 x823.

About WowGao.com
GAO Group consists of WowGao Inc., Gao Research Inc., and Gao Web Services Inc. WowGao Inc. http://www.wowgao.com/ is quickly becoming an international leader in the deployment of pay-per-use software applications enabled by Web Services technologies; hosting of Web services; portals for Web services technologies, and the organization of events that foster the growth of the Web services industry. Having established itself as the world's leader in embedded communications software, GAO Research Inc. http://www.gaoresearch.com/ is venturing into development and consulting for embedded Web services. GAO Web Services Inc. http://www.gaowebservices.com/ is quickly building itself into a leader in software development and consulting in Web services in areas such as business integration, security, testing, UDDI registration, and e-business on demand.

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